iniussus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

in-jussus, a, um, adj. [2. in-iubeo], unbidden, voluntary, of one’s own accord.

I Lit.: ut numquam inducant animum cantare rogati, injussi numquam desistant, Hor. S. 1, 3, 3: puer, Luc. 7, 38: injussae veniunt ad mulctra capellae, Hor. Epod. 16, 49.—

II Transf., of things: injussaque tela vagantur, that fly from the soldiers’ hands against their will , Luc. 6, 78: injussa virescunt Gramina, spontaneous , Verg. G. 1, 55.

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